Why Columbus Day is safe in San Jose
A longtime reader sent me an email the other day with a question that perplexed me: What happened to Christopher Columbus' golden buckles, or more accurately, the gold-painted buckles on his boots? My correspondent was not, of course, talking about the explorer's real boots, but about the black marble pair that now adorn his statue at San...
Assegnato al commissioner del FDNY Daniel Nigro il "Friendship Award" del Gruppo Esponenti Italiani
by Riccardo Chioni Gli invitati c'erano tutti all'appuntamento al ristorante Le Cirque ieri a Manhattan per la cerimonia di consegna del tradizionale Gei Friendship Award da parte del presidente del Gruppo Esponenti Italiani Lucio Caputo, rimasto a lungo sulle spine, in attesa dell'ospite che tardava di ritorno da Brooklyn dove era alle prese con...
The ITA presented Start Up with Italy: starting up Italian innovation in Silicon Beach
Los Angeles isn't just the world capital of entertainment anymore. An entire ecosystem has developed around the entertainment industry, creating new opportunities for international cooperation in the digital and technological fields. So L.A. is now following in the footsteps of the cousin in the North, San Francisco, and establishing its o...
L'eccellenza italiana nel software
Quando si associa un Paese con il software, in Silicon Valley si pensa a Israele, all'India, all'Irlanda, sempre più spesso anche al Cile e ai Paesi scandinavi. L'Italia è nota – oltre che per l'arte e il cibo – per la meccanica, la moda e il design. I nostri giovani imprenditori IT che bussano alle porte di San Francisco sanno di andare i...
Storia di FitBark, startup italiana a Kansas City incoronata dal Wall Street Journal
Silicon Valley in California and Silicon Alley in New York are not the only tech ecosystems in America where an Italian entrepreneur can find exciting opportunities to grow. It depends on the kind of business you are into. That's the lesson learned by Davide Rossi, a 38-years-old Italian mechanical engineer from Badia Polesine, a small town close t...
Da nord a sud una lista dei 20 borghi più belli d’Italia
di Rosanna Gattuso Da nord a sud, l'Italia nasconde villaggi, paesini e borghi belli dal punto vista storico, architettonico e naturalmente anche paesaggistico. Il Club de I Borghi più Belli d'Italia, nato per volere della Consulta del Turismo dell'Associazione dei Comuni Italiani (ANCI), ha stilato una lista dei piccoli centri divisi per...
New photo book shows beauty of Venice
Eighteen years after first visiting Venice, Locktov still remembers the moment: "When I first stepped foot on Venetian soil I had this overwhelming feeling of falling in love with a place on earth, which took me by surprise. "I loved it like a living, breathing entity." The American publicist thereafter made sure she kept coming back,...
Italian Genealogy 101
by Mary Tedesco Tracing your Italian ancestry is one of the greatest adventures you can ever undertake. You will find the road full of twists and turns and surprises. You will experience conflicting emotions—delight and disappointment; wonder and weariness; sentiment and sadness; exhilaration and embarrassment. But, as all roads lead to Ro...
The Park of the Monsters at Bomarzo in Italy
Just north of the small Italian town of Bomarzo is a quiet park where sunlight filters through the canopies of trees and lands on moss-covered stone sculptures. Many of these sculptures, however, are less than tranquil: There's a reason the place is called Parco dei Mostri, or the Park of the Monsters. Read more Source:&n...
“The Italian Americans” Screening at the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
The National Italian American Foundation was in Chicago, on January 29, at the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, for a preview of the upcoming two-part documentary series, "The Italian Americans." Guests at the screening were able to enjoy a taste of the documentary, which reveals how Italian immigrants challenged the notion o...
The Story of Maria Grammatico and her Famous ‘Pasticceria’ in Sicily
Sicily's rich tradition of 'dolci' has been shaped by many diverse cultural influences throughout history, from the almonds and oranges introduced by the Arabs to the cocoa beans introduced by the Spanish to the island's industrious pastry-making nuns. Each dominant culture left behind its own cultural and gastronomic imprint, setting in m...
Mucci Imports Unearths Lesser Known Italian Wines
Mucci Imports, owned by Nick Mucci, is a Boston based Italian wine importer specializing in unique Italian varietals from producers he has hand picked throughout his travels from living in Italy and developing special relationships with the winemakers. Mucci started the company in 2013, towards the end of the summer. When I first met him, he was i...